Gore Verbinski con
Pirati dei Caraibi - Ai confini del mondo conclude la trilogia (?) dei pirati, ed aggiunge ben poco a quanto non sia stato detto per l'
episodio precedente.
Film eccessivamente lungo (come gli altri, del resto) e che esce solo in parte dalle secche (
arrr! arrr!) dove si era arenata saga.
Salvare Sparrow dal regno dei morti, ripagare Davy Jones, inchiappettare Beckett, liberare una dea, tenere un consiglio, tradirsi vicendevolmente, limonare un po', etc. etc.: prendete questi ed altri pezzi e fatevi la trama da voi, che tanto è uguale.
Talmente tanti combattimenti, salti, esplosioni, arrembaggi che alla fine si ha quasi la sensazione di essere davanti ad un esercizio circense.
Eppure del potenziale c'era: i personaggi (specie nel primo film) risultavano molto simpatici e l'ambientazione colorita.
Anche qui qualche scena davvero dirtente la si trova, a partire dalla riunione del consiglio dei pirati, ma sono fin troppo diluite.
A questo punto, uno dei misteri del cinema moderno è perché si sbattano a metterci una trama, in un film del genere - per giunta facendola inutilmente lunga ed intricata: tienila breve e semplice e lascia che lo spettatore si goda l'azione, no?
Ancora in peggiorando gli attori - compreso
Depp, che riduce pure il numero di smorfie; taccio pietosamente su
Orlando Bloom e su quell'inutile semi-anoressica tavola da surf che è
Keira Knightley: l'unico altro attore che abbia visto peggiorare così vistosamente nell'arco della sua carriera è stato
Ricky Memphis - ma lì andiamo sul professionismo...
Voto: 5.5 (meglio del secondo, ma...)
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Knightley, Keira
Nome di battesimo: Knightley, Keira Christina
Data di nascita: 26 March 1985
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:The daughter of actor Will Knightley and playwright Sharman Macdonald. After she requested an agent at the age of three, her parents allowed her to work on productions in her summer holidays. Her first role was at the age of 9, in Moira Armstrong's A Village Affair (1994). However, Knightley's first high profile role came in 1999, as Sabe, Decoy Queen to Natalie Portman's Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Since then she has completed an impressive array of films including The Hole (2001), but is probably best known for her role of tomboy footballer Jules Paxton in Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham (2002).
Trivia random: Her first name means 'dark'.
Citazione random: (About kissing Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)) There were these teen-aged girls off-cam, and they were ready to kill me because I kissed Orlando Bloom!
Salario massimo: $5,000,000, per Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Pirati dei Caraibi - Ai confini del mondo
Regista: Gore Verbinski Scrittore: Ted Elliott,
Terry Rossio Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Action
Valutazione: 7.2/10 (69925 voti)
Durata: 168 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:After Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from the the land of the dead, they must face their foes, Davy Jones and Lord Cutler Beckett. Beckett, now with control of Jones' heart, forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Now, Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Tia Dalma, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng, to gathering. The Pirate Lords want to release the goddess Calypso, Davy Jones's damned lover, from the trap they sent her to out of fear, in which the Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. With this, all pirates will stand together and will make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.
Trivia random: The scene in which Jack the Monkey is shivering was accomplished by the concerted efforts of the special effects and animal training departments. The effects guys made a small wooden barrel with a vibrating plate on top. The animal trainers taught the monkey to sit with her arms crossed on the plate.
Citazione random: Lord Cutler Beckett: You're mad.::Jack Sparrow: Thank goodness for that, 'cause if I wasn't this would probably never work.::[catapults himself onto his ship landing safely on his feet behind his crew]::Jack Sparrow: And that was without even a single drop of rum.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Verbinski, Gore
Nome di battesimo: Verbinski, Gregor
Data di nascita: 16 March 1964
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Gore Verbinski, one of American cinema's most inventive directors who was a punk-rock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera, is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of all time ($135,600,000) and grossed over $1 billion dollars worldwide. He was born Gregor Verbinski on March 16, 1964, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. His father was of Polish descent, he worked as a nuclear physicist at the Oak Ridge Lab. In 1967 the Verbinski family moved to California, and young Gregor grew up near San Diego. His biggest influences as a kid were Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis and Black Sabbath's Master of Reality. He started his professional career as a guitarist for punk-rock bands, such as The Daredevils and The Little Kings, and also made his first films together with friends. After having developed a passion for filmmaking, he sold his guitar to buy a Super-8mm camera. Then Verbinski attended the prestigious UCLA Film School, from which he graduated in 1987 with his BFA in Film. His first professional directing jobs were music videos for alternative bands, such as L7, Bad Religion, and Monster Magnet. Then he moved to advertising and directed commercials for Nike, Canon, Skittles, United airlines and Coca-Cola. In 1993 he created the renowned Budweiser advertising campaign featuring croaking frogs, for which he was awarded the advertising Silver Lion at Cannes and also received four Clio Awards. Verbinski made his feature directorial debut with Mousehunt (1997), a remarkably visual cartoonish family comedy. His next effort, The Mexican (2001), came to a modest result. However, Verbinski bounced back with a hit thriller The Ring (2002), grossing over $230 million dollars worldwide. His biggest directorial success came with the Disney theme park ride based Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), with a brilliant acting ensemble, grossing over $650 million dollars, and bringing five Oscar nominations and many other awards and nominations. Disney ordered two more films which Verbinski shot one after another on location in the Carribean islands, for which he had to endure both tetanus and typhoid immunization shots. After having survived several hurricanes, dealing with sick and injured actors, and troubleshooting after numerous technical difficulties of the epic-scale project, Verbinski delivered. He employed the same stellar cast in the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and the third installment of the 'Pirates' franchise Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). Gore Verbinski does not like publicity. He has been enjoying a happy family life with his wife and his two sons. He is currently residing with his family in Los Angeles, California.
Trivia random: Creator of the Budweiser frogs.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Depp, Johnny
Nome di battesimo: II, John Christopher Depp
Data di nascita: 9 June 1963
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Coniuge: Lori A. Depp::(24 December 1983 - 7 March 1986) (divorced)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Born John Christopher Depp in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, Johnny Depp was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school at age 15 in the hopes of becoming a rock musician. He fronted a series of garage bands including The Kids, which once opened for Iggy Pop. Depp got into acting after a visit to Los Angeles, California, with his former wife, Lori Anne Allison, who introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage. He made his film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In 1987 he shot to stardom when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series "21 Jump Street" (1987). In 1990, after numerous roles in teen-oriented films, his first of a handful of great collaborations with director Tim Burton came about when Depp played the title role in Edward Scissorhands (1990). Following the film's success, Depp carved a niche for himself as a serious, somewhat dark, idiosyncratic performer, consistently selecting roles that surprised critics and audiences alike. He continued to gain critical acclaim and increasing popularity by appearing in many features before re-joining with Burton in the lead role of Ed Wood (1994). In 1997 he played an undercover FBI agent in the fact-based film Donnie Brasco (1997), opposite Al Pacino; in 1998 he appeared in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), directed by Terry Gilliam; and then, in 1999, he appeared in the sci-fi/horror film The Astronaut's Wife (1999). The same year he teamed up again with Burton in Sleepy Hollow (1999), brilliantly portraying Ichabod Crane. Depp has played many characters in his career, including another fact-based one, Insp. Fred Abberline in From Hell (2001). He stole the show from screen greats such as Antonio Banderas in the finale to Robert Rodriguez's "mariachi" trilogy, Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003). In that same year he starred in the marvelous family blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), playing a character that only the likes of Depp could pull off: the charming, conniving and roguish Capt. Jack Sparrow. Now Depp is collaborating again with Burton in a screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Off-screen, Depp has dated several female celebrities, and has been engaged to Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder and Kate Moss. He was married to Lori Anne Allison in 1983 but they divorced her in 1985. Currently, Depp is living with French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis, with whom he has two children: Lily-Rose Melody, born in 1999 and Jack, born in 2002.
Trivia random: Chosen by People (USA) Magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1996]
Citazione random: There's nothing - you know - nothing else like music. Nothing that touches us on that, uh, that deep level. Music can open up so many emotions that we didn't know we had. It's the magical thing about musicals, you know, on the stage or on film or whatever. Love songs. They work so well because music touches us, emotionally, where words alone can't.
Salario massimo: $20,000,000, per Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Bloom, Orlando
Nome di battesimo: Bloom, Orlando Jonathan Blanchard
Data di nascita: 13 January 1977
Altezza: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Orlando Bloom was born in Canterbury, Kent, England on January 13, 1977. The man he briefly knew as his father, Harry Bloom, was a legendary political activist who fought for civil rights in South Africa. But Harry died of a stroke when Orlando was only four years old. After that, Orlando and his older sister, Samantha Bloom, were raised by their mother, Sonia, and family friend, Colin Stone. When Orlando was 13, Sonia revealed to him that Colin was actually his biological father. Orlando attended St. Edmunds School in Canterbury but struggled in many courses because of dyslexia. He did embrace the arts, however, and enjoyed pottery, photography and sculpturing. He also participated in school plays and was active at his local theater. As a teen, Orlando landed his first job: he was a clay trapper at a pigeon shooting range. Encouraged by his mother, he and his sister began studying poetry and prose, eventually giving readings at Kent Festival. Orlando and Samantha won many poetry and Bible reciting competitions. Then Orlando, who always idolized larger-than-life characters, gravitated towards serious acting. At the age of 16, he moved to London and joined the National Youth Theatre, spending two seasons there and gaining a scholarship to train with the British American Drama Academy. Like many young actors, he also auditioned for a number of television roles to further his career, landing bit parts in British television shows "Casualty" (1986), "Midsomer Murders" (1997) and "Smack the Pony" (1999). He also appeared in the critically acclaimed movie Wilde (1997). He then attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. It was there, in 1998, that Orlando fell three stories from a rooftop terrace and broke his back. Despite fears that he would be permanently paralyzed, he quickly recovered and returned to the stage. As fate would have it, seated in the audience one night in 1999 was a director named Peter Jackson. After the show, he met with Orlando and asked him to audition for his new set of movies. After graduating from Guildhall, Orlando began work on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, spending 18 months in New Zealand bringing to life "Legolas", a part which made him a household name. Today, he is one of the busiest and most sought-after actors in the industry.
Trivia random: Chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25." [2002]
Citazione random: "The girls have got a bit excited. I spoke to my agent and she says she's wading through the fan mail. We've got bags of it. I'm like, 'OK, well, what do we do with that, then?' And she explains that we're sending them pictures and stuff, which is great."
Salario massimo: $3,000,000, per Elizabethtown (2005)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Memphis, Ricky
Nome di battesimo: Fortunati, Riccardo
Data di nascita: 29 August 1968
Ultimi lavori:
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
(ne uscirete come Pac-Man: gialli, inseguiti da fantasmi e bisognosi di pillole)